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SESSION THAT HAS EVERYONE IN
SMILING.
REPORTER: I WOULD SAY THIS IS
CUTENESS MULTIPLIED.
IT CAN BE TOUGH FOR NICU
FAMILIES SPENDING THE HOLIDAYS
IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT THERE IS
ONE TRADITION THEY WILL NOT
MISS.
A PICTURE WITH SANTA.
THE TINIEST BABIES ALL GIFT
WRAPPED AND TOPPED WITH A BOW.
AN UNFORGETTABLE PHOTO SESSION
FOR THESE PREMATURE BABIES AND
THEIR PARENTS.
>> WE KIND OF FIGURED THEY
WOULDN'T HAVE THAT PICTURE FOR
THEIR FIRST YEAR, SO I THINK IT
WILL BE SPECIAL FOR THEM TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE WITH
SANTA FOR THE FIRST YEAR, EVEN
THOUGH THEY WERE HERE IN THE
HOSPITAL.
REPORTER: KAITLYN JUST GAVE
HELEN, SIX WEEKS EARLY.
THEY'RE DOING WELL, BUT WILL
LIKELY BE HERE FOR CHRISTMAS.
SO SAINT LUKE'S AND MARCH OF
DIMES VOLUNTEERS PLANNED THIS
PROFESSIONAL PHOTO SHOOT, SO
THESE BABIES WON'T MISS OUT ON
ONE OF THEIR PRECIOUS FIRSTS.
>> IT WAS NICE THAT THEIR FIRST
CHRISTMAS THEY GET TO SEE SANTA
CLAUS, AND HAVE A LITTLE
CHRISTMAS THING.
NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT IT
REALLY MAKES UP FOR THE NOT
BEING HOME.
REPORTER: THE VOLUNTEERS,
INCLUDING THE PHOTOGRAPHER, WERE
ALL NICU PARENTS THEMSELVES.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES.
>> IF WE CAN BRING THEM A SLIVER
OF JOY BY MAKING THESE HOLIDAY
EVENTS HAPPEN, I THINK IT MAKES
SUCH A DIFFERENCE.
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, AND GET TO
HAVE THEM IN OUR HOUSE WHILE WE
ALL CELEBRATE, BUT IF NOT, WE'RE
PREPARED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME
HERE AS WELL.
I'M SURE THAT THEY'LL MAKE IT
SPECIAL FOR US IN SOME WAY.
REPORTER: I MENTIONED ALL THE
VOLUNTEERS WERE NICU PARENTS.
EVEN SANTA WAS A NICU DAD, SO